Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad announced the appointment of Ramanathan Sathiamutty as Independent and Non Executive Director, effective from January 1, 2019. His career at IBM spanned 24 years and he was involved in the telecommunications, utilities, media and entertainment sectors. Throughout his tenure at IBM, he managed the venture capital portfolio, where he was based in Japan. He also led a team to develop strategies on software acquisitions in the USA and served as the managing partner for delivery at one of the large telecommunications companies in India. He is currently the Advisor to Chief Executive Officer at Celcom Axiata Berhad. Prior to the said position, he had served Celcom Axiata Berhad as Chief Transformation Officer from 2016.